A new species of Tricholomopsis (Agaricales) from Darjeeling Hills, India

Authors

  • Alisha Thapa Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700 019, India
  • Juna Tamang Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700 019, India
  • Krishnendu Acharya Molecular and Applied Mycology and Plant Pathology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700 019, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2531-7342/18381

Keywords:

ITS, LSU, novel species, phylogeny, taxonomy

Abstract

This study concerns a novel white–spored Agaricales collected from Darjeeling Hills (India) during the monsoon. The new species, Tricholomopsis darjeelingensis, is described based on its morphological and molecular data. It is characterized by its caespitose fruiting body, long and slender stipe, occasionally eccentric, pileus covered with dense violet fibrils, 2 – 4 spored basidia, thin–walled caespitose cheilocystidia and basidiospores globose to broadly ellipsoid, 2.9 – 4.72 – 5.9 × 2.9 – 3.93 – 4.4 μm.

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2023-12-11

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Thapa, A., Tamang, J., & Acharya, K. (2023). A new species of Tricholomopsis (Agaricales) from Darjeeling Hills, India. Italian Journal of Mycology, 52(1), 144–153. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2531-7342/18381

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